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G 20 – 3rd Framework Group Meeting – Kochi - Jan Bhagidari Events
Kochi: June 13, 2023
Under the aegis of the G20 India Presidency, the 3rd Framework Working Group meeting is being held at Kochi from June 12 to 14, 2023. Several domestic outreach and Jan Bhagidari events were organised by RBI, Kochi in the run-up to the 3rd Framework Working Group meeting:
- Financial Literacy and Consumer Protection – Relevance and Challenges; June 9, 2023
The following two sessions were organised at St Teresa’s College, Ernakulam to spread awareness about  the Grievance Redressal mechanism available for the common public and  Financial Literacy.
a) Session on Consumer Education & Grievence Redressal System in Banking by RBI Ombudsman, Thiruvananthapuram
b) Session on Relevance and Challenges of Financial Literacy and Inclusion by DGM, FIDD, CO, RBI Mumbai
The sessions were attended by more than 325 participants who were in the final year of graduation, along with their faculty members. The programme aimed at educating the young adults and the teachers about the need for knowing the rights of a consumer in the banking industry and also the various dimensions of financial literacy. The session received an overwhelming response from the audience.
- Painting Competition: June 10, 2023
RBI Kochi Office conducted a painting competition for school students with the theme of “One Earth, One family, One future” on June 10, 2023 as part of Jan Bhagidari programme. Approximately 300 students took part in the event. The event received an overwhelming response and the participants took part enthusiastically. The prize-winning paintings were selected by two external professionals and prizes are awarded under three age group categories.
- Cyclothon: June 11, 2023
RBI Kochi Office conducted a Cyclothon event for professional cyclists and general public on June 11, 2023, as part of Jan Bhagidari programme. The cyclothon event was flagged off by Shri K Sethu Raman IPS, Police Commissioner, Kochi City from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Around 150 cyclists participated in the event. A Pilot vehicle with LED display of G20 meetings and an ambulance with medical team accompanied the cyclists. The event culminated at the RBI Staff Quarters, Kaloor where Medals were distributed to all the participants.
Ministry of Culture
Exhibition on GAGANYAAN Space Suit and Talking Robot inaugurated at BITM
Kolkata, September 04, 2019
An exhibition on GAGANYAAN space suit and talking robot was inaugurated at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum  here today. In order to launch the Gaganyaan project, the first of its kind, in 2022, ISRO has developed a space suit prototype. The orange-coloured suit prototype was developed over a period of two years at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. With the ability to hold one oxygen cylinder, the suit will allow the astronaut to breathe in space for 60 minutes. ISRO has developed two suits and will create one more as three astronauts will be going into space in 2022.
The talking Robot exhibit is made with the concept of speech processing, cloud computing and image processing technology. The robot starts interacting after recognizing the word “Computer” and records speech and sends it on cloud server to analyse it. It finds the words most closely correspond to the combination of individual sounds and indentifies key words to make sense of the tasks and carry out corresponding functions.
BITM has also arranged live streaming of the soft landing of the Chandrayaan-2 lander carrying a rover from 12;30 am onwards on the night of September. 6, or early morning of September, 7, with feed from ISRO for general public at BITM.
Ministry of Defence
NAVY MOTOR CAR EXPEDITION REACHING KOLKATA
Kolkata: 12 April 2019
The year-long Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of INS Shivaji, the premier Training Establishment of the Navy was set off with a motor car expedition which commenced on 26 March 2019 aiming to increase awareness among the youth about the Indian Armed Forces and Indian Navy in particular. The expedition also aims to connect with personnel of all three Services and Veterans to foster camaraderie.
The expedition being conducted in collaboration with M/s Mahindra Motors where six SUVs with 14 naval personnel  will be covering a distance of 12000 kms over 40 - 45 days, is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata on 13 April 2019  morning. After halting at few iconic places of the city viz.Victoria Memorial, the expedition team will visit INS Netaji Subhas for interaction with Service and Defence Civilian personnel.
INS Shivaji was established on 15 Feb 1945. Since then it has been imparting specialised Marine Engineering training including NBCD and Fire-fighting to over 9000 personnel of the Navy each year. The establishment completes 75 years of glorious service in February 2020.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Prime Minister Shri Modi has given a new identity to India - Shri Tomar
Startup Conclave organized by Laghu Udyog Bharti inaugurated by Union Minister Shri Tomar
Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Startup Conclave-2023 organized by the Laghu Udyog Bharati in Gwalior today. On this occasion, Shri Tomar said that today we have come out of the slavery mentality of the British era, today the whole scenario has changed and this has become possible because of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
Union Minister Shri Tomar said that there was a time when there was talent in our country and we were not able to recognize it. There was no environment for these talents to showcase their talent. This is the reason why the talented were getting frustrated with the country and they were forced to go abroad, but today it is not so. Prime Minister Shri Modi grasped this situation and created a positive environment in the country, due to which not only India but the whole world has changed.
Shri Tomar said that before 2014, there used to be only 31-32 Startups in the country, but today their number has increased to more than 6,500. In the Agriculture sector alone, their number is above 2,000. He said that today the whole world is recognizing the power of India and also accepting its stature.
Union Minister Shri Tomar said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Modi, India's identity has been established in the whole world and India's position has also improved in the world. This is the reason why the Prime Minister of India could pause the war between Ukraine and Russia by saying that first let our citizens be evacuated, proving India's growing clout in the world affairs. Similarly, while introducing our Prime Minister, the US President Mr. Biden said that there is one sun, one world and one Modi, that reinstates India's pride of place in the world community.
The Startup Conclave was also attended by MSME Minister in the Government of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Omprakash Sakhlecha, Member of Parliament Shri Vivek Shejwalkar and office bearers of the Laghu Udyog Bharati, - National Organising Secretary Shri Prakash Chandra, National President Shri Baldevbhai Prajapati, All India General Secretary Shri Ghanshyam Ojha and All India Secretary Shri Sameer Mundra.
Prime Minister's Office
PM spoke to His Majesty King Charles III of the UK on telephone
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi spoke on telephone today with His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom.
As this was Prime Minister's first conversation with His Majesty after he assumed the Office of the Sovereign of the UK, Prime Minister conveyed his best wishes to the King for a very successful reign.
A number of subjects of mutual interest were discussed during the call, including Climate Action, conservation of biodiversity, innovative solutions for financing energy-transition, etc. Prime Minister expressed his appreciation for His Majesty’s abiding interest and advocacy on these issues.
Prime Minister briefed His Majesty on India’s priorities for its G20 Presidency, including propagation of digital public goods. He also explained the relevance of Mission LiFE - Lifestyle for Environment, through which India seeks to promote environmentally sustainable lifestyles.
The leaders exchanged views on the Commonwealth of Nations and how to further strengthen its functioning. They also appreciated the role of the Indian community in the UK in acting as a “living bridge” between both countries and enriching bilateral relations.
Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
India strengthening bilateral relations with Qatar
Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister, MoPSW held the meeting with Mr Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti, Minister of Transport of State of Qatar
Discussion targeted to strengthen the bilateral maritime cooperation, including interaction between Indian Ports and Qatari Ports: Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
Year 2023 marks 50 years of establishment of full diplomatic relations between India and Qatar
Today, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister, Ministry Ports, Shipping & Waterways had discussions on various policies and programs initiating progress in the transportation facilities between two borders with Minister of Transport of State of Qatar Mr Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti in New Delhi. During this meeting Shri Shantanu Thakur, Minister of State for Ports, Shipping & Waterways, Shri Sudhansh Pant, Secretary  and Shri Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Additional Secretary  along with senior officers of the Ministry accompanied the Union Minister MoPSW.
India-Qatar cooperation in diverse sectors has been steadily growing in an excellent framework led by historical close ties, regular and substantive engagement. The large, diverse, accomplished and highly regarded Indian model of international relations is making an important contribution to Qatar's progress.
‘Fruitful discussions were held on commitment to strengthen the bilateral maritime cooperation, including interaction between Indian Ports and Qatari Ports to share best practices in areas of port operations, logistics, supply chain management, and digitalization’, said Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
It is to be noted that, Qatar’s key exports to India include LNG, LPG, chemicals and petrochemicals, fertilisers, plastics, and aluminium articles, while India’s key exports to Qatar include cereals, copper articles, iron and steel articles, vegetables, fruits, spices, and processed food products, electrical and other machinery, plastic products, construction materials, textiles & garments, chemicals, precious stones and rubber. India's bilateral trade with Qatar in 2021-22 was US$ 15.03 billion. India’s export to Qatar during 2021-22 was US$ 1.83 billion and India’s import from Qatar was US$ 13.19 billion. In 2021, India was among the top four largest export destinations for Qatar and is also among the top three sources of Qatar’s imports.
This year  marks 50 years of establishment of full diplomatic relations between India and Qatar and Mr Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti is on an official visit to India from 5th to 8th February 2023.
Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Tourism participates in the 3 day China International Travel Mart at Kunming, China with the opening of Indian Pavilion at CITM
With a view to increase Tourism & Trade between India and China, the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry  is participating at China International Travel Mart organised from 15-17 November 2019 at Kunming, China.
The India Pavilion at CITM was inaugurated today i.e 15th November 2019 by Ms. RupinderBrar, Additional Director General, Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India and Mr. Dipak Haksar, Chief Executive, ITC Hotels & Chairman CII National Committee on Tourism &Hospitality along with other members.
Tourism is emerging as a vital link between India and China, fuelled by an increasing level of bilateral trade, business and governmental cooperation between the two sides. The future of tourist travels between the two countries which represents 40 percent of the world’s population continues to be promising based on the current trajectory of growth.
Government of India is keen to attract more travellers from China as part of its “Act East”and “China Ready”strategies.
CITM is one of the largest Travel shows in Asia that offers innovative ideas and concepts for travel in Asia. The objective of the large India Pavilion set up at CITM is to promote India’s varied tourism products and services including the Buddhist Circuit, so as to attract Chinese travellers to visit India.The event will help tostrengthen tourism and trade between both countries and facilitate Business to Business  and Business to Government  meetings.
The event will also bring together various tour operators from India and other service providers like travel agents and hotel operators who will get an opportunity to interact with their counterparts in China and develop help build stronger tourist circuits between India and China.
A strong 35 member delegation is visiting CITM comprising of prominent Indian tourism players .The Indian heritage will be showcased at the India Pavilion during CITM 2019through classical dance performances and Yoga.
The CITM has come at the end of series of successful Incredible India roadshows organised by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India in three cities in China, namely, Chengdu, Chongqing and Kunming from November 12-14, 2019.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 157.36 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 15.75 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,57,36,18,605
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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15,75,22,876
More than 157.36 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 15.75 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Food Processing Industries
PM FME Scheme would leverage organic food production in north east to benefit food processing industry in the region: Rameswar Teli
Facilities of warehouses, cold storage, marketing and branding to be provided in the clusters of fruits and vegetables
Shri Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries has stated that the PM FME  scheme would leverage organic food production and the food processing industry in the North East states stand to benefit immensely. Addressing at the virtual launch of ‘Sapno ki Udaan’, Shri Teli said that PM FME scheme and Extended Operation Greens schemes launched under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, would directly benefit farmers and micro entrepreneurs who contribute significantly to the Indian economy. He added that food processing industry provides employment to about 55 lakh people in rural areas and this sector is a ray of hope specially for those people who have returned to their villages and homes during Covid-19 crisis. Sh Teli also said that the Government aims to connect the unorganized food processing units to the mainstream.
Sh Rameshwar Teli further shared that under this scheme, facilities of warehouses, cold storage and marketing and branding will be provided in the clusters of fruits and vegetables. He informed that this shceme would focus on North East, women, SCs, STs and Aspirational districts. He added that NE is well known for its organic products. Pineapple, Banana, turmeric, ginger, Oranges, black rice, bamboo and other products are available in abundance in NE region. Sh. Teli added that the processing of farm produce needs to be increased which can be done wsith the help of the new schemes launched under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.
Providing details of the scheme, Sh Teli informed that under Extended Operation Greens scheme, now all varieties of fruits and vegetables are included. This scheme would help in price stability and fair returns to the farmers. He added that 50% subsidy for transportation of fruits and vegetables would be provided under this scheme. He concluded by saying that both the schemes of MoFPI would contribute significantly in employment generation, reducing wastage of farm produce, formalization of micro units and providing fair returns to the farmers.
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MoU / Agreement / LoI
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Exchanged by
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Israeli side
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1
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MoU on Cyber Security Cooperation between India and Israel
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Shri Vijay Gokhale, Secretary 
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Mr. Yuval Rotem, Director General, MoFA, Government of Israel
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2
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MoU between the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Ministry of Energy on Cooperation inOil and Gas Sector
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Shri Vijay Gokhale, Secretary 
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
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3
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Protocol between India and Israel on Amendments to theAir Transport Agreement
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Shri Rajiv Nayan Choubey, Secretary, Civil Aviation
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
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4
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Agreement on Film-co-production
between India and Israel
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Shri N. K. Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
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5
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MoU between the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, Ministry of AYUSH and the Centre for Integrative Complementary Medicine, Shaare Zedek Medical Center on Cooperation in the field of Research inHomeopathic Medicine
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Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
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MoU between Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology  and the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology for cooperation in the field ofspace
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Dr. V. K. Dadhwal, Director of IIST
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
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7
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Memorandum of Intent between Invest India and Invest in Israel
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Shri Deepak Bagla, Managing Director & CEO, Invest India
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
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Letter of Intent between IOCL and Phinergy Ltd. For cooperation in the area of metal-air batteries
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Shri Sanjiv Singh, Chairman, IOCL
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
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9
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Letter of Intent between IOCL and Yeda Research and Development Co Ltd for cooperation in the area of concentrated solar thermal technologies
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Shri Sanjiv Singh, Chairman, IOCL
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Mr. Daniel Carmon, Ambassador of Israel to India
Ministry of Finance
Constitution of task force for drawing up National Infrastructure Pipeline of Rs. 100 Lakh Crore from FY 2019-20 to FY 2024-25
Availability of quality infrastructure is a pre-requisite to achieve broad-based and inclusive growth on a sustainable basis. Investment in infrastructure is also necessary for sustaining the high growth rate of India.
To achieve the GDP of $5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about $1.4 trillion  over these years on infrastructure. In the past decade , India invested about $1.1 trillion on infrastructure. The challenge is to step-up annual infrastructure investment so that lack of infrastructure does not become a binding constraint on the growth of the Indian economy.
Hon’ble Prime Minister in his Independence Day speech highlighted that Rs.100 lakh crore would be invested on infrastructure over the next five years. Infrastructure projects will include social and economic infrastructure projects. To implement an infrastructure program of this scale, it is important that projects are adequately prepared and launched. In pursuance of this, an annual infrastructure pipeline would be developed. To achieve this task, a Task Force under the chairmanship of Secretary  has been constituted by Union Finance Minister to draw up a National Infrastructure Pipeline for each of the years from FY 2019-20 to FY 2024-25 as below:
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Secretary, DEA
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Chair
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CEO, NITI Aayog or his nominee
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Member
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Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance or his nominee
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Secretary of the Administrative Ministry 
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Additional Secretary , Department of Economic Affairs
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Joint Secretary, Infrastructure Policy & Finance Division, DEA
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Member-Secretary
The Terms of Reference of the Task Force are as follows:
- To identify technically feasible and financially/ economically viable infrastructure projects that can be initiated in FY 2019-20.
- To list the projects that can be included in the pipeline for each of the remaining 5 years between FY 2021-25.
- To estimate annual infrastructure investment/capital costs.
- To guide the Ministries in identifying appropriate sources of financing.
- To suggest measures to monitor the projects so that cost and time overrun is minimized.
The National Infrastructure Pipeline would include greenfield and brownfield projects costing above Rs 100 crore each. Other qualifications for inclusion in the pipeline for the current year will include availability of a DPR, feasibility of implementation, inclusion in the financing plan and readiness/ availability of administrative sanction. Each Ministry/ Department would be responsible for monitoring of projects so as to ensure their timely and within-cost implementation. The Task Force will also enable robust marketing of the pipeline of projects requiring private investment through the India Investment Grid , National Investment & Infrastructure Fund , etc.
The Task Force will submit its Report on the pipeline for FY 2019-20 by 31st October, 2019 and on the indicative pipeline for FY 2021-25 by 31st December 2019.
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Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
False advertisement
The Central Consumer Protection Authority  has been established w.e.f. 24th July, 2020 under section 10 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019  to regulate matters relating to violation of rights of consumers, unfair trade practices and false or misleading advertisements which are prejudicial to the interests of public and consumers and to promote, protect and enforce the rights of consumers as a class.
So far CCPA has issued show cause notices to 14 companies pertaining to various sectors such as water purifier, paints, floor cleaner, apparel, disinfectant, furniture for resorting to misleading claims such as immunity, covid-19 virus protection etc. and an advisory has also been issued to industry associations highlighting the provisions of the Consumer Protection Act and to impress upon their members to cease from making false claims about effectiveness against corona virus which are not supported by competent and reliable scientific advice.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Shri Danve Rao saheb Dadarao in Lok Sabha today.